The grand finale of the 2021 Happy Twist New Year series, "Dangerous and Sweet" premiered at the Beijing Geological Auditorium on November 27, and will be transferred to the Century Theater from December 2, and will be performed until the 31st. CCTV Spring Festival Gala is the biggest highlight of the play, Happy Twist Meritorious Actor and Director Du Xiaoyu directed the stage drama for the first time, indispensable to the full support of twist "comrades-in-arms" - the screenwriter is Wang Qi, a military art student, starring Yin Yifu, who is also a military art student, Happy Twist Meritorious Actor Yin Yifu and li Yiyang, who is an all-round director. These are not only partners with many years of tacit cooperation on the stage, but also have repeatedly contributed the best sketches that have been popular all over the country in the CCTV Spring Festival Gala - the main creative lineup of "Dangerous and Sweet" is worthy of the well-deserved Spring Festival Gala gold medal team, and the comedy strength is enough to be proud of the 2021 performance of the New Year file.
Stills from Dangerous and Sweet
"Dangerous and Sweet" has been called a hilarious version of "Shawshank Redemption", and the same prison escape theme, after being created in a happy twist, has become a hilarious comedy under the background of black humor that explores emotions and choices. The story takes place in a bureaucratic confinement island prison, where cell three is full of strange inmates. The unlucky Subi goes to jail, but his fiancée wants to remarry someone else because of a misunderstanding. In order to save love, Subi joined forces with Tang Shao, a master of the dark road, on a night of heavy rain, and successfully staged a "prison" room escape. What makes people cry and laugh is that the brothers of the prisoners have just left on the front foot, and the amnesty order has arrived unexpectedly. Is it redemption or depravity? Can this desperate rush win another turn?
The year-end drama season is the most important performance period of the year, this tradition has continued for 18 years, "The Earl of Wulongshan", "Charlotte Troubles", "Thief Wants to Get You" and many other excellent comedies loved by the audience are the year-end dramas of the year, and now, the Happy Twist Year-end Drama has become a symbolic significance of the festival for both the audience and the actors.
As a 2021 hilarious New Year drama, "Dangerous and Sweet" not only has a wonderful story and a dense laugh point, but also integrates more highly entertaining innovations in stage and music. "Like the title, this is a very twisted and bizarre and absurdly funny story that combines love and prison elements. In order to match the tension of the story performance, our stage design this time can be called 'heaven into the earth', hanging Weiya, climbing snowy mountains, drilling tunnels are all brilliantly presented on the stage. In addition, in the performance of serving the plot, I also gave the actors more room to show, adding parkour, Bbox, harmonica and other fresh elements. "Du Xiaoyu talked about his drama debut, and he was not without excitement." For many years has been standing on the stage as an actor, this attempt as a director, or very excited, especially thanks to the full support of so many 'revolutionary comrades-in-arms' of Twist, several of the actors in our group are directors, especially Li Yiyang, who directed his own play "Flying Lied Tengda" At the same time, in our selfless dedication, everyone inspires each other, regardless of each other's efforts, I think this is a particularly great tradition of Twist. ”
Affected by the recent epidemic, "Dangerous and Sweet" has also experienced ups and downs, not only the time of the performance has been adjusted, but even the theater rehearsal venue has been suspended. Du Xiaoyu humorously summarized the director's initial experience with "good things and more grinding", "Hahaha, take so many people to work like their own children, every day old to care about them - you don't have a cold, you wear more clothes, after you finish rehearsing and dancing, hurry up and put your clothes on... Because I am afraid that once I have a cold and fever, I will be in trouble, and if I can't do it, I will delay the rehearsal. The most tense moment of rehearsal of the crew also caught up with the outbreak of the epidemic, and the rehearsal hall was closed. I simply gave everyone a small vacation, but a few of our backbones were not idle, and used this time to polish the script and talk about a lot of particularly wonderful scenes. The existence of a lot of uncertainty makes me cherish the directing of "Dangerous and Sweet" this time, more than a year of preparation, I hope to live up to the mission, leaving a good work that can stand the test of time. ”
Group photo from "Dangerous and Sweet"
On November 27, "Dangerous and Sweet" premiered at the Geological Auditorium in Beijing, and the audience used one after another burst of laughter and applause to dispel Du Xiaoyu's previous worries. "The audience of twist flowers is so cute, especially the old audience, who not only understand the bridge section of our design baggage, but also respond to the affirmation with laughter without hesitation." The multi-faceted bonus from the text to the stage makes Du Xiaoyu more optimistic about the inherent vitality of "Dangerous and Sweet". "In this work, I always grasp a line, which is the lost and regained love. People's cognition of love is thousands, and many times it is not very precious, but when you experience some unforgettable things, you will feel that love is so precious and so sweet. ”